With the following steps, you can see how to easily manipulate text using PDF Creator Pilot 4.
1. Choose a color using the SetColor method, for example. Also, choose a line width with for the new text using SetLineWidth. You can also set character spacing and word spacing and text rendering mode.
Delphi :
PDF.SetColor(0, 0, 0, 0); PDF.SetLineWidth(1); PDF.SetCharacterSpacing(0.5); PDF.SetWordSpacing(-0.6);
Visual Basic or Visual Basic Script :
PDF.SetColor 0, 0, 0, 0 PDF.SetLineWidth 1 PDF.SetCharacterSpacing 0.5 PDF.SetWordSpacing -0.6
C/C++ :
PDF->SetColor(0, 0, 0, 0); PDF->SetLineWidth(1); PDF->SetCharacterSpacing(0.5f); PDF->SetWordSpacing(-0.6f);
C# :
PDF.SetColor(0, 0, 0, 0); PDF.SetLineWidth(1); PDF.SetCharacterSpacing(0.5f); PDF.SetWordSpacing(-0.6f);
2. Select a font and set the name, style, weight, and character set for the new text string. You may select one of the system fonts (AddFont method), or a font from file (AddFontFromFile method), or one of the standard 14 fonts (AddBuiltInFont method). After you have added a font, use it by calling the UseFont method.
The sample below creates text with a Georgia font, size 14, in the default character set, italic style.
Delphi :
fnt := PDF.AddFont('Georgia', false, true, false, false, fcDefault); PDF.UseFont(fnt, 14);
Visual Basic or Visual Basic Script :
fnt = PDF.AddFont("Georgia", false, true, false, false, 1) 'fcDefault = 1 PDF.UseFont(fnt, 14);
C/C++ :
long fnt = PDF->AddFont("Georgia", false, true, false, false, fcDefault) PDF->UseFont(fnt, 14);
C# :
long fnt = PDF.AddFont("Georgia", false, true, false, false, FontCharset.fcDefault) PDF.UseFont(fnt, 14);
3. Place your text string at specific coordinates or all wrapped in a box.
Delphi :
PDF.ShowTextAt(10, 40, 'Simple test'); PDF.ShowText('Other text.');
Visual Basic or Visual Basic Script :
PDF.ShowTextAt 10, 40, "Simple test" PDF.ShowText "Other text."
C/C++ :
PDF->ShowTextAt(10, 40, "Simple test"); PDF->ShowText("Other text.");
C# :
PDF.ShowTextAt(10, 40, "Simple test"); PDF.ShowText("Other text.");
See Text methods for more details.